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Dual passband radio frequency filter and communications device

Dual passband RF filters utilizing SAW resonators in ladder configurations address the challenge of multi-band performance in communications devices, enhancing data transmission and reducing receiver complexity, thereby improving data throughput and signal quality.

Active Publication Date: 2018-02-15
MURATA MFG CO LTD
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This solution enhances data throughput by enabling efficient carrier aggregation and reducing the complexity and cost of diversity receivers, while improving signal-to-noise ratio and reducing multipath fading issues in urban environments.

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Each of these reflections introduces a phase shift or time delay Such that signals reflected along differ paths may destructively interfere with one another at the receiving antenna.
This situation, commonly called “multipath fading,” can result in communications drop-outs.

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[0044]FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of band 2 / band 4 dual band-pass filter 600 including a first ladder network 610 in series with a second ladder network 620. The filter 600 has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop band. The lower pass-band accommodates the LTE band 2 receive band from 1930 to 1990 MHz. The upper pass-band accommodates the LTE band 4 receive band from 2110 to 2155 MHz. LTE bands 2 and 4 are widely used for cellular communications in North and South America, but are merely exemplary of relevant bands. The system may be applied to different frequency bands with similar effect. In FIG. 6, the first ladder network 610 includes four shunt resonators X1, X3, X5, X7, and four series resonators X2, X4, X6, X8. The second ladder network includes three shunt resonators X9, X11, X13, and two series resonators X10, X12. Each of the thirteen resonators X1-X13 may be comprised of inter-digital transducers and grating reflectors as shown in...

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[0048]FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of band 1 / band 3 dual band-pass filter 800 including a first ladder network 810 in series with a second ladder network 820. The filter 800 has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop band. The lower pass-band accommodates the LTE band 3 receive band from 1805 to 1880 MHz. The upper pass-band accommodates the LTE band 1 receive band from 2110 to 2170 MHz. LTE bands 1 and 3 are widely used for cellular communications in Asia and Europe. The first ladder network 810 includes five series resonators X1, X3, X5, X7, X9 and four shunt resonators X2, X4, X6, X8. The second ladder network includes three shunt resonators X10, X12, X15, and three series resonators X11, X13, X15. Each of the fifteen resonators X1-X15 may be comprised of inter-digital transducers and grating reflectors as shown in FIG. 1. The motional resonance frequency Fr and the static capacitance C0 is provided for each resonator.

[0049]FIG. 9 is a graph...

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[0052]FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of an exemplary three-band filter 1000 including a first ladder network 1010 and a second ladder network 1020 in series between an input port (Port 1) and an output port (Port 2). The first ladder network 1010 includes three series resonators X1, X3, X5 and three shunt resonators X2, X4, X6. The second ladder network 1020 includes four series resonators X7, X9, X11, X13 and four shunt resonators X8, X10, X12, X14. Each of the fourteen resonators X1-X14 may be comprised of inter-digital transducers and grating reflectors as shown in FIG. 1. The motional resonance frequency Fr and the static capacitance C0 is provided for each resonator.

[0053]FIG. 11 is a graph 1100 of the S(2,1) parameter of the three-band filter 1000. The solid line 1010 is a plot of S(2,1), which is the voltage transfer function from port 1 to port 2 of the three-band filter 1000. The filter 1000 has a lower pass-band, a middle pass-band, and an upper pass-band separated by l...

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Abstract

Multi-band filters, communications devices, and methods of designing multi-band filters are disclosed. A multi-band filter has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop-band. The multi-band filter includes a first ladder network and a second ladder network coupled in series. The first ladder network provides transmission zeros at frequencies below a lower edge of the lower pass-band and transmission zeros at frequencies above an upper edge of the upper pass-band. The second ladder network provides transmission zeros at frequencies within the intervening stop-band.

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RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION[0001]This patent is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 15 / 485,413, filed Apr. 12, 2017, titled DUAL PASSBAND RADIO FREQUENCY FILTER AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, which claims priority from provisional patent application 62 / 323,414, filed Apr. 15, 2016, titled MULTI-PASSBAND FILTERS FOR MOBILE DEVICE RF FRONT ENDS, which are incorporated herein by reference.NOTICE OF COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE DRESS[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. This patent document may show and / or describe matter which is or may become trade dress of the owner. The copyright and trade dress owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright and trade dress rights whatsoever.BACKGROUNDField[0003]This disclosure relates to radio frequency filters using s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H03H9/64H04B1/3827H04B1/40
CPCH04B1/40H03H9/6409H03H9/6483H04B1/3833H03H2250/00
Inventor HEY-SHIPTON, GREGORY L.
Owner MURATA MFG CO LTD
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